The Aga Khan Development Network announced the death but gave no cause. The Aga Khan’s son, Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, was named the Aga Khan V as the new leader of Ismaili Muslims, a branch of ...

The Aga Khan's vast wealth allowed him to run a £100m yacht, named Alamshar after one of his racehorses. He also owned the infamous Shergar, who was stolen by gunmen in Ireland in 1983 and never ...

His Aga Khan Development Network made bank transfers totalling 20 million euros to accounts in France, Poland, and China. Some of the transfers were later blocked, but eight million euros ...

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, who has died aged 88, combined his role as 49th Imam and spiritual leader of 12-15 million Ismailis – a mystical sect of Shia Islam – in more than 25 ...

Spiritual leader and business magnate Prince Karim Aga Khan, considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, was laid to rest in Aswan, Egypt today.